Source: Deseret News

Texas child welfare authorities are seeking to end court supervision of 14 more children taken in the raid on the Fundamentalist LDS Church’s YFZ Ranch.

On Wednesday, lawyers for Child Protective Services went to court in San Angelo, Texas, to “nonsuit” the 14 children, CPS spokesman Patrick Crimmins confirmed to the Deseret News.

A nonsuit does not end CPS’ investigation or supervision over the children but ends court jurisdiction over their cases. The reasons vary, from no evidence of abuse or neglect being found to parents taking appropriate steps to protect their children from abuse. Some age out of the system by turning 18.

The 14 are the latest in a string of cases CPS has sought to nonsuit. So far, Texas authorities have estimated up to 176 children have been nonsuited. On Tuesday, 10 more children were dropped.

Cynthia Martinez of the Texas RioGrande Legal Aid Society, which represents more than 45 FLDS mothers, said 17 mothers’ children have been nonsuited.

“This means that the investigations have concluded and the mothers are no longer held to the restrictions originally set up by CPS (parenting classes, travel notifications, etc.),” she said in an e-mail to the Deseret News.

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